chubbster

Only just seen this thread. Introducing the brother & sister team of William (Blue British Shorthair) and Lulu (Silver Point British Shorthair)... William's just a bloke... and Lulu looks like the angel she definitely isn't...

Guess what we've just had an offer accepted on...

More importantly than her age, did the boot open first time?

Guess where we've just been...

Nice & shiny! Flashed, hooted & waved like an idiot

It's this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sjcbI8LL8o

It's this... https://www.youtube....h?v=9sjcbI8LL8o

Honestly mate, I'm the happiest guy out there. Just people say one thing and then do the same thing themselves. Sorry if I've upset you - and apologies, especially to the OP for making an off-topic post. I was just trying to be a bit amusing - stupid really. I'll try to avoid doing it again.

Thanks for this - nice write-up & pics.

Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn. Every time I glance at the title to this thread I think it says, "Eric Idle" and it REALLY annoys me. Hope I haven't put this worm into anyone else's head.

:lol: Brilliant! I think we'll find it hard to top that one. Reversing slowly and accidentally into the wife is probably the zenith of any man's driving career. Well done.

It's not the driving I'm worried about - they are undoubtedly fun to drive (and when you're inside one you can convince yourself you're actually in a car). My problem is seeing one outside my house and knowing it's not someone else's. As an aside, has anyone else noticed that the majority of Smart drivers drive like lunatics (or annoying little wasps, at the very best)?

hmmm Nooo. I was tempted for a minute there. But no - extra money won't make up for seeing it every time I look out of the window.

Maybe they think it's the most attractive colour - or maybe they think it's sh!t. Who knows? Personally, if I were a fly I'd feel most at home on those rusty colour ones. Don't think you're special - they park themselves on my silver one too.

:lol: Very good. I've actually got 50 Shades of Grey. In my hair.

My misses has a 1 series and i certainly wouldnt say its an ugly car... quite the opposite Mine too, compared to say... A Hyundai Coupe, it's stunning Haha - ever since my first 350z, whenever we see a Hyundai Coupe my son has taken great delight in whispering, "Oh look, there's a car like yours.", because he knows how angry it makes me. Must agree that the new BMW is fugliest.

You boys are really trying to break me, aren't you? But I am strong. Sadly, she won't have the Brabus - already tried that one. She wants no road tax. My latest trick is to change the subject onto holidays - it's working so far.

As dipsticks go, the 350z one is a total dog. You've probably picked up a bit of oil on one side while the dipstick was travelling on its tortuous route either up or down the shaft. Just keep trying - eventually you'll get a reading you can believe.

Please stop saying things like that. You're upsetting me.

:lol: And how exactly would that work in the real world? Me - "If you get a Smart I'll never make love to you again." She - "I'll get two, in case one breaks down." Edit - I could always threaten the opposite, though - thanks for the idea.

Aaah - now we're getting somewhere! Thanks for that mate.

Christmas is coming. Someone with £50k asks you the question. What a lovely problem to have. Which would you choose, and why?

Yes, I know, weird isn't it?

2 stories... 1. PRIVATE FIRMS - Went on holiday to Wales about 4 years ago & thought I'd go & watch Cardiff City play. Parked on a bit of 'waste ground/roadside verge' and returned to a parking ticket. A lady passing by told me to ignore it. "We always do - Eventually they just go away.", was her advice. So I got lots of increasingly threatening letters and just ignored them all, including the one that said court action was being taken within 7 days. And do you know what?... They just went away! lol 2. LOCAL AUTHORITIES - Parked my campervan on the street near to the British Museum, on a Sunday last year, on a single yellow line. Had a lovely few hours at the museum. 2 weeks later, got 2 fines for the same 'offence' (I'd been there more than 4 hours, so it was 2 offences). I'd been spotted by some bloke operating a CCTV camera (you can tell it's CCTV because of the high-up angle of the photo they provide). Apparently there were also yellow stripes on the kerb, making it a 'loading bay', so parking restrictions were still in force even on a Sunday! Bummer - I'd even checked the Camden parking regs online before I set off and it said you could park on yellow lines on a Sunday. Grrrr! Beware of yellow chevrons on the kerb. I was in a line of about 10 other vehicles they must have fined too!! However, I successfully argued it was only one offence and 'got away with' only £60. Having said all that, I can't see any problem with Councils using CCTV to impose parking fines. If you're parked illegally, you're parked illegally, so it doesn't matter how they nobble you - you're nobbled. Keeps the Council Tax down a bit, I suppose.

The weird thing is that she's been on the point of getting either a Juke or a CashCow. I want her to have a Range Rover Evoque Coupe, preferably with lots of extras - just for her comfort, you understand, don't you? My first attempt at a deal was, "Yeah, fine, you get a 2-seater Smart and as we'll need a 4-seater I'll have to get a GT-R. That didn't go down too well, so maybe I'll just have to go out and get one, like I normally do. Do you have any suggestions of actual CARS (I don't class those Smart things as cars and I refuse to use the two words together) that might turn her away from this embarrassment?